Field Trip to the Fire Station

We went on a tour of the Fire Station with some friends today. My friend Stacey has a preschool group and invited us to go along. It was so much fun! The firemen showed us where they eat, sleep and relax. They talked to the kids about fire safety like "stop, drop and roll", to not be afraid of firemen if they are rescuing you and other safety issues like wearing a helmet when you ride your bike or scooter. Samantha came up to me right away and said "mom I need a helmet" and then sat back down. It was funny but made me realize how important it really is for her to have one when riding her scooter. Some mother I am.

Listening so good to fireman Jesse talk about fire safety!

Then they took us outside and showed us the fire truck, they got to climb inside and look around.
Samantha and her friend Jack held hands most of the time. So cute!

After that one of the fireman put on all the gear they wear and as he was putting the oxygen tank on this back, he asked "do you know what this is?" And Samantha spoke up and said, "a jet pack?" Such a funny child I have!

Samantha and Jack!

Samantha was disappointed that she couldn't sit on the truck when we took this picture. The fireman said to her, " you can stand because you're tall" But it didn't stop her giving us a big smile!

The whole group, well minus one. Samantha's friend Kami was there but didn't feel like getting in the picture. At the end the kids got a coloring book, a pencil with a fire hat eraser and a pencil bag along with the hat and sticker badge! What a fun field trip!

Kayla's Dental Experience

Kayla had her turn at the dentist yesterday. It went well except she had a small cavity and some plaque behind her bottom front teeth. The dentist was stern but very nice when talking to her about how she needs to brush better and floss more. I blame myself, I should of been monitoring her better. I haven't been too strict on flossing with my kids and myself just because they would give me a hard time about it so I just let it go. With myself, its laziness. I don't know why I became a slacker because last year I had 2 fillings, which was not fun and would not like to repeat or have my kids experience! So our goal is to floss every day and brush better so we can keep our teeth healthy!

Kayla getting her teeth checked out.

Samantha posing in front of the glass window water fountain.


Just after getting pictures taken of her teeth. We went back to the dentist today so Kayla could get sealants in her four back teeth. They gave her "happy gas" to make her relax during the procedure. She did really good and it went by really fast! I took her to McDonalds afterwards and then back to school.

Freaky Eye

Samantha does this freaky one eye cross thing sometimes and it creeps me out! She was doing it this morning so I decided to take a picture. She's sitting right next to me right now laughing at herself in this picture!